If you are purchasing an item from a dealer and getting a good deal, then whomever the dealer purchased the item from must have gotten ripped off....
If nothing else, I have to say that it would be difficult to fit more numismatic variety into 3 coins. Your collection must be HUGE! ;)
My recommendation would be to buy one in an auction format. Why pay a price that meets a dealer's profit margin requirements when you can pay a...
Certainly not the prettiest coin around, but it's a Zenobia Tetradrachm. Based on how often I see coins of an individual come available, I'd say...
Metal detecting would be an amazing hobby if I lived in a place where something like that is a possibility. Just modern coins and aluminum cans in...
When it comes to the Owl, I'm also in the "major one to check off my list" category. I just can't get myself to pull the trigger though because I...
I went to Chicago for a conference this week and was able to make it to the Harlan Berk coin shop. I only have a handful of Roman coins that I...
If you prefer raw coins, then crack them out. But to your question, "When is it worth it"?........ Never. Buying slabbed coins and cracking them...
Tell us the total fees that are going to be paid for the grading service....... then I'll see how sympathetic I feel! :greedy: Looks like a grind...
Seems like they've been at this for quite a while now. I wouldn't have expected them to stay in business this long.
She certainly had an interesting life! [ATTACH]
To your past self........ "Don't go!" Hindsight is a powerful thing, too bad it's not more useful! ;) I would say that silver tanked earlier...
This isn't something that I had considered, but makes total sense. I never paid much attention to markets until the last few years or so. My...
That's certainly the perspective that I have with my retirement accounts and so forth. Best case scenario would be for stocks to remain dirt cheap...
I'm a long term investor for the most part, mostly index funds and so forth. But, I enjoy using around 20% of my cash for "Swing Trading". I...
A few news articles have suggested "profit taking" as well. Of course, I understand the general concept of what that means, but how does it result...
It's been an extra volatile month in the markets, and my index funds have been taking a beating the last few days. But I decided to speculate on a...
I wouldn't spend them, unless you get a kick out of putting antiquated coins back into circulation (would probably make a lot of kids' days...
True. My family wasn't "dirt poor" while I was growing up (always had a roof and food), but "lower middle class" would probably have overstated...
I know that as of the mid-90s, they had not been demonetized. My Dad did construction and was depositing a down-payment check for a room addition....
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